All FNAF Game Release Dates & Chronological Order

What started as a single horror game by indie developer Scott Cawthorn turned into a series of almost ten games and several spin-offs. Five Nights at Freddy's is now one of the biggest horror games on the planet, and more and more people are hopping onto the hype train, especially with the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy's movie in the works. In fact, a trailer for it was recently released. 

If you haven't played the games yet, you might be wondering in what order to play the Five Nights at Freddy's series in. In this guide, we'll show you all of the FNAF games in chronological order of both their release and story, so you can decide which order you'd like to play them in.

All FNAF Games In Chronological Order Of Release

Here are all of the FNAF games in order of their release date:

• Five Nights at Freddy’s (2014)
• Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2014)
• Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (2015)
• Five Nights at Freddy's 4 (2015)
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location (2016)
• Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator (2017)
• FNAF: Help Wanted (2019)
• FNAF: Special Delivery (2019)
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach (2021)

All FNAF Games In Chronological Order Of Story

And here's a look at all of the Five Nights at Freddy's games in chronological order of their story, if you'd rather play the FNAF story in order. Surprisingly, this line-up doesn't put the first FNAF first, since several of the games are actually prequels:

1. Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 (Set in 1983)
2. FNAF 2 (Set in 1987)
3. Five Nights at Freddy’s Sister Location (Set in the early 1990s or late 1980s)
4. FNAF (Set in 1993)
5. FNAF 3 (Set in  2023)
6. FreddyFazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator (Set in 2023)
7. Five Nights at Freddy’s Help Wanted (Set at an unknown date but after FNAF 3)
   
8. Five Nights at Freddy’s: Special Delivery (Set at an unknown date but after FNAF 3)
9. FNAF: Security Breach (Set between 2024 and 2029)

That's all of the Five Nights at Freddy's games, including when they were released and what order the story goes in. If you haven't played the games before, we recommend playing the first FNAF game to get a taste of the gameplay and characters; it shouldn't spoil you too much for the prequels (2, 4, and Sister Location). After that, you can delve into the games in chronological story order if you're interested in learning more about the FNAF lore and getting to know the series' many characters.